Tool for laying gold-leaf



(No Model.)

J. G. F. KUNKLE.

TDOL FOR LAYING GOLD LEAF. No.. 602,948 ?atented Apr. 26, 1898.

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TOOL FOR; LAYING GOLD- LEAF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,948, dated April26, 1898.

Application iiled June 23, 1897. Serial No. 641,878- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that 1, JOHN C. F. KUNKLE, a citizen of the United States,formerly residing at Jersey Shore, in the countyof Lycoming, and now aresident of Renovo, in the county of Clinton, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Laying Gold-Leaf, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the art of laying on surfaces metallic leaf instrips, for the purpose of lettering or stripin gin the said leaf,-- andit is an improvement upon acertain machine for laying gold leaf inventedby me and patented to me in and by United States Letters Patent No.361,225, granted April 12, 1887, to which reference is to be made.

The object of my invention is to simplify, cheaper], and improve, myformer machine, to which end my improvement comprehends a machine forlaying gold leaf such as is represented in the accompanying drawings andhereinafter described.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a central, longitudinal, section through the implement as anentirety, in the plane of the axes of the delivery and package rolls,with the parts in their working positions.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the tool represented in Figure 1,the plane of sight being right angular to that of the tool representedin said Figure l, and the parts in their working positions.

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2, but representing the parts inthe positions which they respectively occupy when the package roll isbeing inserted and before it, is moved into its final or workingposition, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings,

A represents a handle of any preferred character, from which extend apair of parallel sidebars or plates which, for convenience ofdesignation, I have termed the carrying fork a a, and which with thehandle proper form a roll-containing frame.

At the outer extremity of the carrying fork is journaled the deliveryroll O, upon which the strip of paper after it has been delivered fromthe package roll D and stripped of its gold leaf, is wound for removalin such condition.

This roll performs the dual function of acting as a pressure anddelivery roll for delivering and pressing the film upon the surface tobe coated,and as a recovering roll for recovering and re-winding thedenuded strip of paper.

This roll is conveniently maintained in the carrying fork, forrevolution in the operation of the tool, by a removable axle c, which isconveniently provided with a threaded shank end 0 adapted to be enteredwithin a threaded socket a in one side barof the carrying fork,

and with a milled thumb-head c by which its rolled product, which iscomposite of a continuous strip of paper and of a metallic film adheringto one side thereof, in the manner referred to in my former patent, orotherwise as may be preferred.

lVith its applied rolled product this package roll is adapted to beintroduced into its operative position within the tool as an entirety,by being inserted within a pivoted fork frame, which I term the packagerollframe B, and which, considered with reference to the carrying forkwhich composes the main frame, is an auxiliary frame adapted to havemotion with respect to a pair of frame pivots b b which pass through thecarrying forks near their inner or handle end.

The package roll frame is open at its outer end, and its interior widt-h or transverse openin g is approximately equal to the width orthickness of the body of the package roll, so that when the latter isslipped into the frame it will fill it from side to side.

In the Working position of the parts, the roll-frame is contained withinthe compass of the carrying fork, and its maintenance in that positionis preferably effected by the aid of a pair of tension screwsE E,although but one will answer the purpose.

These screws are conveniently headed thumb screws,-threading throughthreaded apertures a a in the carrying fork or a,the inner ends of whichare preferably conical, and adapted to conical sockets b 12 in therespective side members of the roll-frame B, which project interiorly toform conical projections or bosses b ,both sockets and bosses beingconveniently formed by being punched into the substance of the sidemembers of the roll frame,and the tension screws being adapted to enterthe sockets and force the bosses of the side bars of the roll-frame intothe open ends of the axial aperture of the package roll.

Normally, when the roll-frame is swung about its pivots out of thecarrying fork into the position represented in Figure 3, itis possibleto introduce the packageToll Within the frame by slipping it intoposition between the side members of the frame and then securing it bymoving it in until the ends of its axial aperture cl register with theprotrudingbosses b on the under sides of the sockets Z) in the rollframeand engage therewith by first slightly springing apart the side bars ofthe frame,in which relation the frame and package roll are adapted to betogether swung into the position represented in Figure 2, and to besecured in such position by turning the tension screws until their innerends engage Within the sockets in the roll frame.

By such rotation of the tension screws as experience may dictate, andthrough the consequent compression of the side members of the roll-framethe desired tension for the package roll is secured,-with the resultthat the too rapid unwinding of the strip from off said roll in theoperation of the device, is prevented. Y

The means for securing the outer end of the leaf-provided strip to thedelivery roll,

audits inner'end to the package roll are not material.

1 have, however, illustrated as a means for securing the outer end ofthe strip to the delivery roll, such a dovetailed block 0 as isillustrated in connection with the rewinding roll of my patent alreadyreferred to.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. In combination,in a machine for laying gold leaf,ahandle provided with a car rying fork,a delivery roll at the outer endof said carrying fork,a package roll-frame pivotally applied Within andat the inner end of said carrying fork,-a package roll removably appliedto said package roll-frame,and a tension device Which both maintains therollframe Within the carrying fork and causes it to exert tension uponthe package roll,- substantially as set'forth.

2. In combination,in a. machine for laying gold leaf,a handle providedwith a carrying fork,a delivery roll at the outer end of said carryingfork,a package roll-frame pivotally applied within and at the inner endof said carrying fork, and formed with conical sockets and projectingbosses,package roll removably applied to said package rollframe andprovided with an axial aperture,- and tension screws threaded throughthe side bars of the carrying fork and adapted to the conical sockets inthe roll-frame,snbstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntosigned mynamc this 22d day of June, A. D. 1897.

JOHN C. F. KUNKLE.

In presence of J. BONSALL TAYLOR, ROBERT E. HASTINGS.

